1999 State Legislative Report - New Hampshire

Contact: Carol D. Brooks, State Counsel

1999 was a year of continuing controversy concerning State Funding of Education . The NH Supreme Court’s struck down a State legislation which declared a statewide property tax enacted as a result of the 1997 ruling that the State’s reliance on property taxes for the purpose of funding school was unconstitutional . The State revised the new property tax; new protests have been launched.

However, other legislative business did take place. About 900 Legislative Service Requests were filed for the 1999 Session. Public hearings began in January 1999. Some bills of interest are :

--Senate Bill 110- Allows NH Attorneys to discharge mortgages when a Lender neglects or refuses to record within 60 days of payoff.

--Senate Bill 111- Requires a Justice of the Peace to sign a jurat including printed name and commission expiration date.